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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...allocated to Operation Sonnet today. That operation had some success late last year and again this year when it returned to the UK people who had come through Northern Ireland. They were returned via ferry from Dublin Port. Twenty-five people were caught between 9 and 13 October. This February, 25 people were removed from the State as well via ferry to Holyhead or train to Belfast....

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...and should not be prevented from doing so due to cost. Without this, the Government is giving free rein to large bodies to reinforce a monopoly of power by controlling the information landscape via content moderation. This is undesirable and should be combatted.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...the reason for requesting asylum listed as "other". To put it bluntly, this whole scenario is a shambles. Stories like this make people mad; that someone can pop over to Ireland from Bangladesh, via the UK, and be given own-door accommodation within 24 hours. It is stories like this that make people feel the Government is, as a matter of policy, prioritising immigrants over Irish...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Trafficking (3 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...to legal advice is very worrying and leaves open many doors that unscrupulous individuals may use to exploit vulnerable persons. Does the Government have plans to codify the role of immigration consultants via legislation, accreditation or oversight? If not, how does it plan to ensure all those thinking about coming to Ireland are receiving genuine guidance and being protected from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...across Europe over its violent intent. In 2017 a deradicalised Irish Muslim woman stated to the Irish Independentthat Ireland is, "viewed as a 'soft touch' by UK radicals - who easily travel between the.. [UK and Ireland] via the North because they do not have to show any papers." She further said, "such radicals "laugh" at Ireland because they see us as being "backward and behind the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...area that is a 50-minute commute from our larger cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick could be considered. This could help revitalise local economies nationwide. Keeping high earners here via tax incentives would also provide councils with much-needed additional revenue. When so much of the money we take in from multinational corporations is indirect, it is essential we find...

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...protection applicants is not rocket science. There are only two variables. If there is a problem, you either build more accommodation or ensure there are fewer international protection applicants via tougher screening, expedited and stricter processing for applicants from safer countries, automatic rejection for those who destroy identification in-flight and the enforcement of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...be commended for establishing the commission, it must ensure that it is capable of carrying out its duties. I understand that there have been procedural delays owing to the complex legal requirements surrounding evidence via witnesses and that cannot be helped. It is also stated in the 15th interim report that the commission has only a small legal team and limited administrative...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...ideas - far right. Not supporting gender quotas and believing the right woman or man should get the job based on merit - far right. Opposing the commodification, buying or selling of children via contract - far right. Allowing each man and woman to have their own national and religious identity and to be proud of it - far right. It is a cheap trick. It is political and intellectual...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...to open additional classes, as contained in this Bill, will be an effective tool with which to tackle the problem. The risk, of course, is that directions can meet with bare minimums and delivery via a tick-box mentality. This must be avoided at all costs as it only results in driving the lack of care out of the official figures but not eliminating it in reality. Schools must be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...for next week. There is not enough time for the Bill on children with special educational needs. One hour is not enough to debate such an important issue. Earlier this week it was revealed via documents released through a freedom of information request that multiple senior HSE managers have serious concerns with the medical advice being given to patients, many of whom are teenagers, by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...said that there is no right to have a child under international law and that children are not goods or services that any state or business can provide. Ms Dingle along with other persons born via surrogacy have spoken about the commodification, being conceived to meet the needs of others, half their identity being missing and the exploitation of gamete donors and women who act as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Rights of Children: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Ms Nic Dhomnhnaill and Dr. Muldoon for their statements this morning. There is no doubt these children are very wanted children. We have seen that in recent weeks via testimony of parents who have come before the committee. However, it is clear from the discussion this morning that there is a Pandora's box of psychological issues surrounding surrogacy. My first question is for Ms...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...this material online, however, shows that mass surveillance is the wrong approach to fighting child abuse material and sexual exploitation. This is because abusers do not share their material via commercial email messaging or chat services but organise themselves through self-run secret forums on the darknet, which would not be caught by these controlled algorithms. Abusers also...

Seanad: Funding for Ukrainian Students in Irish Universities: Statements (27 Apr 2022)

Sharon Keogan: .... The income-contingent deal is, therefore, unlike other forms of debt. Implementing a system of this kind could funnel millions of euro into the education sector from the business sector via graduates in a low-impact and sustainable manner. So far, however, the desire seems to be for a fully taxpayer-funded system. While this may seem attractive because it provides access to education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...This is, obviously, causing me some trouble, especially with the war ongoing. The estimated global market in Ukraine is €5 billion. Over the past five years, more than 4,000 children were born via surrogacy in Ukraine, and 19% of them have foreign parents. How can we possibly ban it here and give it the green light in Ukraine? This sets a complete double standard. It is okay to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...in the process should enjoy every possible support we can give them. That is why consideration should be given to allowing community groups to access insurance through the public participation network, via their local council, and be insured at a lower rate through Irish public bodies. That would seem to deal with much of the issue and would be a step in the right direction in supporting...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...(Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021 last year but argued that its scope needed to be broadened. That seems to have happened with this Bill which accounts for the data obtained via mobile camera systems and drones in addition to the more traditional fixed and permanent CCTV systems. If it were up to me I would see a further expansion of the admissibility of CCTV footage in...

Seanad: Report on Victim’s Testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault: Motion (17 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...is directly linked to the experience of victims throughout the justice process. Court systems are intrinsically adversarial. There is the conflict between rights and establishment of the truth via examination and cross-examination. Any way that this can be made less so, particularly for the victim of sexual assaults, should be readily and speedily pursued. This should lead to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...this phenomenon, the snapping up of hundreds of units is not a recent development. This has been going on for years, ever since these global real estate investment trusts were given free rein via tax breaks in an attempt to taxidermy the Celtic tiger. Now that we see fully the knock-on effects of such practices, let us reconsider.These funds have been referred to as vultures ready to...